The first-ever sustainability walking tour kicked off April 25, in honor of Earth Day and during the Health and Wellness Fair. The tour saw more than a dozen UC Davis Health employees join to learn about the health system’s sustainability efforts.
UC Davis Sustainability wants your opinion on our campus sustainability culture. Participate and you will be entered to win one of four $125 gift card from the Davis Food Co-op.
UC Davis’s Sustainability office is host to two fellowship programs for the ‘22-’23 academic year. The Bonnie Reiss Climate Action Fellows and The University Climate Change Coalition (UC3) Climate and Environmental Justice Fellow. This team of six graduate and undergraduate fellows joined UC Davis Sustainability in Fall 2022, tasked with improving the sustainability of the Davis and Health campus operations.
Join us for webinar March 15 from 12-1 p.m. to discuss the University of California's plans to update its climate policy. The current version relies heavily on carbon offsets, but the University is now proposing to shift to a strategy of direct decarbonization which requires fully transforming campus energy infrastructure.
The 2022–23 UC Davis Humphrey fellows arrived on campus with the goal of strengthening their professional development and collaborating on global challenges using their collective expertise. During the fall quarter in collaboration with UC Davis Sustainability, the fellows facilitated a First-Year Aggie Connection for new undergraduate, international and transfer students on climate change.
On December 12, 2022 University of Indonesia's (UI) GreenMetric shared the 2022 World University Rankings, announcing that UC Davis earned #1 in North America (for a seventh year) and #5 in the World (for a third year). In the last 12 years, UC Davis has ranked in the Top 10 World's Most Sustainable Universities.
Earlier in 2022, Practice Greenhealth named UC Davis Health one of the Top 25 Environmental Excellence award winners, the first time UC Davis Health received this top honor.
From researching how to more efficiently cool buildings to adding compost bins to classroom buildings, many units across campus perform invaluable work that allows UC Davis to continuously reach the highest levels of sustainability.
The Campus Advisory Committee on Sustainability, or CACS, seeks the campus community's input on its draft Fossil Fuel-Free Pathway Plan. Register to attend one, or both, open, virtual Town Hall meetings scheduled for November 17 and 18 from 12:10-1:30 p.m.
The UC Davis Health Sustainability team held a luncheon Thursday, Oct. 20 to celebrate its successful Practice Greenhealth Awards applications and thank those who helped make it possible.
As we celebrate Campus Sustainability Month, it’s important to understand the three pillars of sustainability – social sustainability (impact on people), economic sustainability (financial impact), and environmental sustainability (impact on the natural environment). True sustainability occurs when the three pillars are balanced.
This year's Sustainability Summit was a triumphant return to an in-person event to share news and accomplishments in sustainability, honor student, staff and faculty Sustainability Champions — with help from the chancellor — and have an insightful conversation with our keynote speaker on environmental justice.
